1) IPOX Global Indexes fall as global credit crises deepens, bail-out is signed and shorts are able to position: The IPOX Global Indexes suffered sharp losses across the board, as continued indiscriminate selling is affecting markets across the world regions as uncertainty over the impact on the global economy increases. With the bail-out package finally approved, shorts are now able to better position as one source of recent positive surprise effect that had led to abnormally large upside movements in overnight Futures trading is resolved. The depth of the weakness in the IPOX Global Indexes was one of the worst on record: 91% of companies in the IPOX Global 100 Index recorded a negative return on a weekly basis, indicating the systematic decline in stock prices and increase in equity risk independent of industry group.

3) Barclays adds IPOX-30 Global (All Market Index): IPOX is pleased to announce that Barclays Capital has added the IPOX-30 Global (All Market) Index to the list of indexes on which it prices a variety of financial products, including index-linked structured deposits.